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Category: Daily

Fatwa#: 19806

Asked Country: India

Answered Date:
Mar 07,2012

Title: What is correct procedure when joining salat late.

Question

Please let me know the correct procedure for offering a Fard Salat if we join the jamaat after Sura Fathiha. Some people think they have completed 1 rakat if they join the salaat before ruku & some think that if they miss out sura Fatiha then they missed out 1 raka. I am from India & working in Oman, I do not know which Imam to follow i only know that iam a sunni muslim from india.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu `alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

If a person joins the Iman while the Imam is still in ruku he have attained that rakat. [1]

One who comes late and misses only Surah Faatiha he has not missed the rakat.

Since you are from India, it is quite possible that you are a follower of the Hanafi Mazhab (school of thought). Although you are in Oman, you should still follow the Hanafih Madhab.

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